Meanwhile, a small group of Paultards at the ronpaulforums are disgusted by how Ron Paul is handling the matter, and demanding that his campaign do a better job at running damage control. Others continue to bury their head in the sand and insist that the problem has already been dealt with, and should never be brought up ever again. Guys, that's the sort of indifferent attitude that keeps you out of touch with the American people. The best quote comes from a person named Shavenyak:

Being a libertarian is inherently anti-racist. That alone should remove all doubt.

Ah yes, I forgot about the holier-than-thou "libertarians are infallible, and you're a full to ever think otherwise" defense. That argument must go over great in the real world. Especially among non-libertarians. I think the next libertarian candidate should have the slogan, "Vote for us, we're inherently better than you are."

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TinFoilHat Man (Mega Man 9)
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Ron Paul said he didn't write them. TNR is known for, shall we say, its highly inventive reporters, and their unique methods of reporting.

Libertarianism isn't inherently anti-racist, but it is inherently anti-governmentally sanctioned racism. I've never met a racist libertarian. They appear to be extremely rare. It's likely the poster assumed that as he'd never met a racist libertarian, they don't exist, and ergo, libertarian is inherently anti-racist. One can be a libertarian racist, just as there was that black white power guy a few years ago, but it's an extremely odd thing to contemplate.

Wish you would pick up some quotes from some of the more level headed Ron Paul supporters, cherry picking the weirdest comments, and presenting them as representative of the movement as a whole, isn't a show of journalistic integrity. I don't like the nutters we've picked up, but looking around, the other campaigns have their same share of nutters.

TFM, if Ron Paul didn't write them, then he needs to do a better job of explaining himself than a simple denial. And what libertarians and racists both have in common is the issue of states rights/small government, which is why you have so many neo-confederates supporter.

Abe, I agree, people can change their ways. Senator Byrd has admitted to his past, and now has a perfect rating from the NAACP. Ron Paul is still trying to convince people that he is is morally responsible but you can't hold him responsible, whatever that means.

One of the main problems is that Ron Paul holds the issue of racism as one of his main campaign planks on his website, and yet he can't even handle the blatant racism in his newsletter that he took full responsibility for. In fact, he defended the writings when first asked about them in 1996, while still denying that they were racist. If Ron Paul can't even handle an issue he campaigns on, then that reeks of false promises and incompetence. Even if he isn't racist, it's hard to move on from there.

Ayn Rand: “Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.”

Yes, Ayn Rand wasn't a fan of libertarianism, but for practical purposes, she is a founder of the modern day movement. And yes, we know she said some bad things about gays, which was never brought into libertarianism.

TinFoilHat Man (Mega Man 9) said: I've never met a racist libertarian. They appear to be extremely rare. It's likely the poster assumed that as he'd never met a racist libertarian, they don't exist, and ergo, libertarian is inherently anti-racist. One can be a libertarian racist, just as there was that black white power guy a few years ago, but it's an extremely odd thing to contemplate.

If libertarian racists are that rare, then how coincidental is it that (1) one or more of them wrote the Ron Paul Newsletters, and (2) none of the subscribers to the newsletters was upset enough by the racist content to call it to Ron Paul's attention for how many years after he says he was clueless about what was written in his name?